Category Archives: Farming

The Fat of the Land

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Brodo

A Book Review I’m going to do something I haven’t done in a while and talk about a book. The Fat of the Land by John Seymour is a classic “back to the land” memoir in the vein of 10 … Continue reading →

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Another busy week

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Brodo

The weeks are flying by. I can’t believe its been more than a week since I posted! But a lot has been happening around here: 1. Spring Festival at my inlaw’s neighborhood. They have a much bigger shrine and a … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning and Kabosu Pruning

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Brodo

Last week I visited a friend in a neighboring community who moved down from the Kanto region after the Tohoku earthquake. They have adopted an old farm house and have been living in it and fixing it for about a … Continue reading →

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Spring Festival

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Brodo

A lot has happened in the last few days, and I’ll break it all down into chunks: 1. The House: Demolition work has begun in earnest after the full extent of the Termite problem was discovered. I had to completely … Continue reading →

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Bringing Out the Neighbors

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Brodo

Yesterday was a pretty nice day, started cloudy but by afternoon the sun was out. Its been a weird winter for Japan, with all this rain, kind of reminds me of an Oregon winter actually. Anyway, today I went to … Continue reading →

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Say hello to Mr. Kabosu

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Brodo

About a week ago a friend of the family came to visit with a story of an elderly Kabosu farmer who had recently passed. Until the last year of his life he had maintained an orchard of 300 or so … Continue reading →

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